Stories about Ukraine from July, 2008
Ukraine: Kryvorizhstal
Ukrainiana writes on whether Arcelor Mittal Steel's Kryvorizhstal is to change hands again.
Ukraine: “A Little Miracle”
Michelle Knisley of Scenes from the Sidewalk writes about her encounter with “a little miracle” – a 2-year-old boy who survived a fall from the seventh floor”: “His parents are drug addicts and they were high and had left a window open.”
Ukraine: Victor Pinchuk & YES Summit
Ukrainiana writes about Ukraine's second-richest man and his “self-promotional philosophy.”
Ukraine: Traffic Chaos
MoldovAnn writes about the traffic chaos in Ukraine.
Ukraine: Corruption and the Media
A discussion of corruption and the state of the media in Ukraine – at Nash Holos.
Ukraine, Canada: Yushchenko and the Diaspora Media
Taras Kuzio writes that president Victor Yushchenko seems to be avoiding the Canadian-Ukrainian media.
Ukraine: Western Political Consultants
Taras Kuzio writes on Western consultants working for Ukrainian parties.
Ukraine, Russia: Integrum Technologies Ordeal
Hans Stege of Kremlin, Inc is trying to figure out who's behind “a mysterious Austrian investment firm called Integrum Technologies [that is] involved in the controversial Vanco Black Sea offshore project.”
Russia: Farewell to “Khrushchevki”
Earlier this week, LJ user drugoi, one of the most popular and prolific Russian bloggers, posted 17 photos from a Moscow neighborhood of Khrushchev-era apartment blocks, commonly known as khrushchevki, pyatietazhki, or khrushchoby. The neighborhood is about to disappear, to make room for more up-to-date residential high-rises. Below is some of the text that accompanies drugoi's photos, and a few of the 331 comments that the post has generated.
Ukraine: More Foreign Workers?
Buffalo Expat writes about Ukraine's demographics, migrant labor and xenophobia.
Ukraine: Photos of Crimean Tatars and Crimea
Marusia of My Simferopol Home posts an update on her life in Crimea and links to Alison Cartwright's photographs of Crimean Tatars, their land and their homes – here, here, here, and here.
Ukraine: Questions to President and PM
Taras Kuzio poses ten questions to president Victor Yushchenko – and ten more to PM Yulia Tymoshenko.
Ukraine: Philanthropic Causes
Dan McMinn of Orange Ukraine posts a list of philanthropic causes in Ukraine and asks for help in updating it.
Ukraine: Grassroots Activism
Many Ukrainians, fed up with a culture of lawlessness that is flourishing in their country, are becoming increasingly involved in grassroots activism. One of the latest rallies - Velonayizd ("Bicycle Attack") - took place in Kyiv on June 21, when nearly 500 cyclists, bikers and pedestrians gathered in front of the municipal police headquarters for a Critical Mass-type event, prompted by the recent deaths of at least two cyclists and the authorities' failure to bring the perpetrators to justice.
